Creativity | Pattern testing | Pinterest hacks | RTW Copies | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

The Perfect Tunic

By on March 12, 2018

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something.  Please check out my disclosure policy for more information. On my #makenine list for the year I had a tunic on it that I found on Pinterest: It might have been woven or a combination […]

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Creativity | Pattern hacking | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

A hoodie like mom’s

By on March 4, 2018

After making these hoodies for myself, the girl wanted something along the same lines. I didn’t go all out with this hoodie, however.  I decided to just modify the Foliis pattern I had from Sofilantjes. It was a pretty easy modification.  I just cut the back pieces, added a seam allowance and added the pleather/eyelet […]

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Creativity | Journalling

Journaling

By on March 2, 2018

I have looked at all those super fun bullet journals on Instagram and Pinterest for the past few years, so I decided I wanted to start a journal.  They are a blend of tracking your weekly schedule, a to do list, drawing and whatever inspiration you want to put inside one. I started off by […]

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Creativity | Focus

Focus – Week 8

By on February 27, 2018

This week was all about the house.  New floors started going in on Monday, so the house was tore apart by Sunday night to get everything out of the 4 rooms. It was so, so messy. In between the floor guys being in the house, I was painting.  Let me tell you, painting with vertigo […]

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Creativity

Focus – Week 7

By on February 19, 2018

My accomplishments this week Focus Photo – This week Valentine’s Day landed on Ash Wednesday, when us Catholics are supposed to fast.  So…the kids got some pre-Valentine’s Day, aka “Fat Tuesday”, treats. Sewing – My 52 week sewing challenge for the week was to sew something with hearts.  It didn’t get done, and no #makenine […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sample sewing | Sewing for me

Battle ready

By on February 13, 2018

So who’s a Vikings fan?? Apparently…we are! Fabric Anthropology is running a Vikings round, and it has some very cool prints.  There are a few panels with just phrases, and then panels with some of the characters on it.  The coordinates include the battle print below, a print with ships (another blog post will be […]

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Creativity | Focus

Focus – Week 5

By on February 5, 2018

My accomplishments this week Last week was basically the reason I need this challenge and process to go through each week.  Last week was completely UN-focused.  It was one of those busy weeks with a few hatchets thrown at us, just to make it interesting. The girl is improving from her meniscus knee surgery…each day […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

#MakeNine Challenge – Ponte and Pleather skirt

By on January 31, 2018

I got another of my #makenine challenges completed, and it was this skirt that I have been coveting for several years on Pinterest. I wanted to wear it to work, so that length wasn’t quite going to work for me.  I made it longer, but I think I may take the waist off and shave […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me

The layering t-shirt

By on January 30, 2018

A few years ago I purchased a t-shirt at the store Maurice’s.  It was one of those, “I need something new to wear this weekend” purchases, and so I didn’t expect to wear it much.  Turns out I wore it A LOT. Sequins always make a shirt better I decided I needed to make a […]

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Creativity | Loom knitting | Outfits

Forest hues

By on January 25, 2018

This week I decided to pick up my loom again, and finished this with a few sessions of binge watching Netflix after dinner. I used the pink Knifty Knitter loom that is 9.5″ long on the base.   It’s the smallest one.  I usually use the green one for my wider cowls that I join […]

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